Connie Brockwayn historiallinen viihderomaani on yksi uskomattomimpia paketteja kummallisia juonenkäänteitä mitä olen käsiini saanut: As you desire (A Dell Book, 1997; ISBN 978-0-440-22199-9).
Tarina on melkoisen kaavamainen huolimatta Egyptin tarjoamista eksoottisista puitteista. Päähenkilöt ovat sillä lailla sopivasti tyhmiä että onnellista loppua odotellessa riittää väärinkäsityksiä ja kommelluksia taatusti kylliksi.
Kidnapped, drugged, and about to be sold to the highest bidder, Desdemona Carlisle is having a hell of a time maintaining her English pride. Then she sees the man in black, galloping through the Egyptian desert on a pure white steed. Desdemona could not have conjured a more dashing savior in her wildest fantasies. But an unlikelier hero would be impossible to find: Harry Braxton is a rogue, a scoundrel, and a born opportunist—who has already broken Desdemona’s heart once before.
As brilliant as she is beautiful, Desdemona still hasn’t learned how to stay out of trouble—which suits Harry just fine. Running from a painful past, and rumored to be involved in nefarious endeavors, Harry will never be a proper match for Desdemona. But when she catches the eye of his cousin, the irritatingly honorable Lord Blake Ravenscroft, Harry vows to claim his one true desire, once and for all.
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